Batrachedra eustola

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Batrachedra eustola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. eustola
Binomial name
Batrachedra eustola
Meyrick, 1897

Batrachedra eustola is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It is found in Australia.

Original description

Male 11 mm. Head white. Palpi with second joint fuscous, apex white, terminal joint short, dark fuscous, apex white, scale projection rather short, loose. Antennae whitish. Thorax ochreous-yellowish, with two white stripes. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings deep yellow; costal, submedian, and dorsal streaks silvery-white; first and second discal stigmata black: cilia whitish. Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish. Sydney, New South Wales; in September, one specimen.

Original description by Edward Meyrick


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